Pinus herrerae

Pinaceae Pinus herrerae Martínez

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
herrerae refers to the Mexican naturalist D. A. L. Herrera.

Colloquial Name
Herrera’s pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 79, MXE, MXE-CU, MXE-DU, MXN, MXN-SI, MXS, MXS-GR, MXS-JA, MXS-MI

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus herrerae are subtropical/tropical moist montane forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus herrerae that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Pinus herrerae is hardy to USDA Zone 10 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -1.1C (30F) to 4.4C (40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus herrerae is stable. There are ongoing threats for Pinus herrerae and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus herrerae has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus herrerae is Subsect. Australes. The coordinate taxa for Pinus herrerae are therefore:

Pinus herrerae is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus herrerae is also placed under Pinaceae.